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Membranes, Volume 12, Issue 9

September 2022 - 86 articles

Cover Story: Cell membrane–drug interactions influence drugs’ in vivo behavior. However, these interactions are difficult to study due to the complexity of cell membranes. Lipid vesicles are non-complex tools that can be used to mimic membranes in physiological conditions. Thus, in this work, the interaction of an anticancer drug, bortezomib (BTZ), with cell membranes was evaluated using two models with distinct composition and complexity. The findings proved that the membrane’s complexity and composition are major factors influencing the BTZ–membrane interactions, which are mainly regulated by polar forces. Furthermore, these interactions were proven to induce changes in the membrane fluidity, which may promote its toxicity and facilitate drug efflux that mediates drug resistance. View this paper
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Articles (86)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,991 Views
34 Pages

Critical Assessment of Membrane Technology Integration in a Coal-Fired Power Plant

  • Maytham Alabid,
  • Calin-Cristian Cormos and
  • Cristian Dinca

19 September 2022

Despite the many technologies for CO2 capture (e.g., chemical or physical absorption or adsorption), researchers are looking to develop other technologies that can reduce CAPEX and OPEX costs as well as the energy requirements associated with their i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,576 Views
13 Pages

Carbon-Based Transducers for Solid-Contact Calcium Ion-Selective Electrodes: Mesopore and Nitrogen-Doping Effects

  • Yirong Zhang,
  • Yitian Tang,
  • Rongfeng Liang,
  • Lijie Zhong,
  • Jiexian Xu,
  • Huici Lu,
  • Xiaofeng Xu,
  • Tingting Han,
  • Yu Bao and
  • Yingming Ma
  • + 2 authors

19 September 2022

Solid-contact ion-selective electrodes (SC-ISEs) exhibit great potential in the detection of routine and portable ions which rely on solid-contact (SC) materials for the transduction of ions to electron signals. Carbon-based materials are state-of-th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,571 Views
14 Pages

19 September 2022

The decomposition of volatile organic compounds by photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) has been widely studied. However, the technological development of this oxidative technique has to address how to handle the formation of transformation products. The w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
7,219 Views
21 Pages

3D Printed and Bioprinted Membranes and Scaffolds for the Periodontal Tissue Regeneration: A Narrative Review

  • Irina-Georgeta Sufaru,
  • Georgiana Macovei,
  • Simona Stoleriu,
  • Maria-Alexandra Martu,
  • Ionut Luchian,
  • Diana-Cristala Kappenberg-Nitescu and
  • Sorina Mihaela Solomon

19 September 2022

Numerous technologies and materials were developed with the aim of repairing and reconstructing the tissue loss in patients with periodontitis. Periodontal guided bone regeneration (GBR) and guided tissue regeneration (GTR) involves the use of a memb...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,234 Views
11 Pages

Bio-Based Ceramic Membranes for Bacteria Removal from Water

  • Pelagie Kamgang-Syapnjeu,
  • Dayirou Njoya,
  • Elie Kamseu,
  • Sebastien Balme,
  • Mikhael Bechelany and
  • Laurence Soussan

19 September 2022

Bio-based ceramic membranes were elaborated from kaolinite clays, coconut husks and eggshells to retain E. coli bacteria present in water intended for human consumption. Their characterization and removal performances are investigated in this work. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,260 Views
13 Pages

Optimization of Evaporation and Condensation Architectures for Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation Desalination

  • Cheng Pan,
  • Yawei Yang,
  • Mingze Xie,
  • Qingyuan Deng,
  • Xiang Cheng,
  • Xianlei Wang,
  • Shihan Zhao,
  • Yumeng Wei and
  • Wenxiu Que

18 September 2022

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation is an ideal technology for seawater desalination, and the corresponding system is mainly composed of a solar evaporator and a condensing collector. The traditional scheme focuses on the evaporation efficiency of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,464 Views
14 Pages

Study on Static Characteristics of Aerostatic Bearing Based on Porous SiC Ceramic Membranes

  • Xin Xiao,
  • Jianzhou Du,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Jingyi Yan,
  • Yunping Li,
  • Kongjun Zhu and
  • Luming Wang

17 September 2022

The porous aerostatic bearing is a new supporting structure that is widely used in precision and ultraprecision engineering and the aerospace and other fields. The aerostatic bearing has a good bearing capacity and static stiffness. In this work, the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,867 Views
16 Pages

Gradual Drug Release Membranes and Films Used for the Treatment of Periodontal Disease

  • Nausica Petrescu,
  • Bogdan Crisan,
  • Ovidiu Aghiorghiesei,
  • Codruta Sarosi,
  • Ioana Codruta Mirica,
  • Ondine Lucaciu,
  • Simina Angela Lăcrimioara Iușan,
  • Noemi Dirzu and
  • Dragos Apostu

17 September 2022

Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease that, if not treated, can cause a lot of harm to the oral cavity, to the patients’ quality of life, and to the entire community. There is no predictable standardized treatment for periodontitis, but ther...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,743 Views
12 Pages

Energy and Nutrients from Apple Waste Using Anaerobic Digestion and Membrane Technology

  • Isabel González-García,
  • Berta Riaño,
  • Beatriz Molinuevo-Salces and
  • María Cruz García-González

17 September 2022

The worldwide increment of food waste requires innovative management solutions, aligned with sustainability, energy, and food security. Anaerobic digestion (AD), followed by nutrient recovery, may be considered an interesting approach. This study pro...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,635 Views
7 Pages

The Properties of Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Thin Film Gadolinium-Doped Ceria Electrolyte

  • Andrey Solovyev,
  • Anna Shipilova,
  • Egor Smolyanskiy,
  • Sergey Rabotkin and
  • Vyacheslav Semenov

17 September 2022

Mixed ionic-electronic conducting materials are not used as a single-layer electrolyte of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) at relatively high operating temperatures of ~800 °C. This is because of a significant decrease in the open-circuit voltage (...

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